Children The strength of a country

by Archit Jain
India with 1.21 billion people constitutes as the second most populous country in the world, while
children represents 39% of total population of the country, hence the Wealth of a nation is not so
much in its of economical and natural resources but it lies more decidedly in the kind and quality of
the wealth of its children and youth. It is they who will be the creators and shapers of a nations
tomorrow.
The Children of today will be adults of tomorrow. Todays leaders and activists. Their quality and
personality will determine the kind of destiny that becomes the nation.
The youth of a nation is its power-house. They have boundless stores of energy, will, capability, zeal,
and enthusiasm and have the power to mould the destiny of the nation. This infinite storehouse of
energy has to be properly moulded and needs to be given appropriate direction to help in nationbuilding and strengthening of it.
Without harnessing this vast store of energy, a nation and a society cannot think of developing
economically, politically, socially and intellectually. The best way to engage the youth into playing
such a constructive role is to educate them with proper training in the desired direction.
If a society is careless and carefree about its youth and fails to educate them in a productive manner,
then the society is in danger of facing a destructive and violent youth. A child has to be pruned of its
baser instincts and trained in a proper manner in order to beneficial to society.
For this, society should provide its youth with the right kind of education. The education provided
should be progressive, in keeping with the needs of the society and should not only create great
professionals excelling in their fields but also good human beings.
The government also does a lot to help build its youth into anchors of tomorrow. It provides many
facilities regarding education, healthcare, sports, creative areas etc. But the ever-increasing population
nullifies the efforts of the government. Moreover, social evils like child labour, drug addiction, child
marriage, beggary, child abuse etc also hamper the proper the development of children. These rampant
evils if remain unchecked will jeopardize and endanger the future of the country.
The youth is capable of many feats and accomplishments. All they need is proper channelization of
abilities, right guidance and training and a desired environment. Given this, the posterity is sure to
lead the nation to greater heights and newer worlds.

Fast Food - A Silent Killer

By Archit Jain
Whether it comes from a restaurant, convenience store, vending machine or kitchen cupboard, the
prevalence of fast food in India has significantly degraded teens eating habits. A 2007 Centers for
Disease Control study found fewer than one in 10 teens consumes the minimum recommended
amount of fruits and vegetables a day; a 2004 Harvard study determined three in 10 teens eat four to
six meals a week at fast-food restaurants.
Teens need vitamins and minerals to function properly, especially during growth spurts. Most fast
foods lack these nutrients. A typical large serving of french fries, for example, contains 4.6 milligrams
of vitamin C, an antioxidant used to build tissue, remove arterial plaque and battle disease. One cup of
raw broccoli contains 101.2 milligrams, 22 times the amount in the french fries.
Fast food has too much of one mineral, sodium, which elevates blood pressure. High blood pressure
can cause heart attacks and strokes. Teens should consume no more than 2,400 milligrams per day, yet
many fast-food restaurant items contain more than half that amount.
Fast-food meals tend to be high in sugar, fat and processed grains and low in fiber, making them 65 to
100 percent more calorically dense than other meals, causing teens to underestimate the number of
calories in fast-food meals. A Harvard Medical School survey, for example, found four out of five did
so, with three of 10 off by at least 500 calories. Per gram, french fries have nearly seven times the
calories as broccoli
In large part, increased consumption of fast food has created a 250 percent increase in obese teens
between 1980 and 2008, according to the National Institutes of Health. Obese teens face a greater risk
of eventual disease, including certain cancers, Type 2 diabetes and heart disease, as well as early
death. Part of the metabolic syndrome cluster, obesity makes developing Type 2 diabetes as an adult
11 times more likely, says Dr. Mark DeBoer, assistant professor at the University of Virginia. A 2008
"Time" article revealed that nine out of 10 overweight kids -- not just obese ones -- already have at
least one harbinger of heart disease. In a study presented to the International Congress on Obesity in
2010, researchers revealed that males who begin adulthood obese have twice the chance of dying
prematurely compared to the non-obese.
In conclusion, suffice it to say that fast food is a fast track for a number of health problems and
premature death.

Careers today
by Rahul Nayyar
The employment field in India has undergone and is undergoing a sea change with a wide range of
opportunities open to youngsters in various fields. Never before in India's history have we seen such
an interaction between the employers and the potential employees.
IT-enabled services promise a million jobs a year throwing up widening horizons for outsourcing
operations that would be managed remotely such as medical transcription, data entry, design services,
accounting and financial services and the like.
We no longer talk of just hospitals, but talk only in terms of multi- specialty hospitals and such
hospitals that pay hefty salary to the specialists are mushrooming in big and small cities.
Poaching of pilots as more aircraft of new companies take to the skies in the wake of our "open skies
policy" shows the dearth of pilots in our country. Many of our ace pilots of the IAF find lucrative jobs
in private airlines after their retirement.
One of the fresh avenues is TV. With the number of channels ever increasing, provide scope for
thousands of technicians video graphs, sound recordists, make-up men, talented anchors, talk show
hosts and artistes for the serials.
The banking and finance fields have seen traumatic changes in the form of mergers, acquisitions and
the like, providing room for experts in finance. Financial managers are being hired to manage assets
and investments, handle mergers and acquisitions, raise capital and assess global financial
transactions.
The mobile revolution-the extensive use of mobile phones has opened up career opportunities for lacs
of professionals and non-professionals there is cutthroat competition in the field with each player
offering more scopes for the potential clientele.
Thus it is not that there is not enough jobs in our country, it is just that there is not enough skilled
labour available to fill those jobs.